What Happened in August 1875

Historical Events

Aug 2 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, born in Veliky Novgorod, Russia (d. 1957)
Aug 6 Marcel Labey, French conductor and composer, born in Vésinet, France (d. 1968)
Aug 8 Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
Aug 9 Albert William Ketèlbey, British pianist and composer (In A Monastery Garden), born in Aston, Birmingham (d. 1959)
Aug 9 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)
Aug 12 Ettore Panizza, composer
Aug 12 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, born in Fano, Italy (d. 1944)
Aug 15 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), born in London, England (d. 1912)
Aug 18 Johan E. Elias, Dutch historian (Amsterdam's regency), born in Amsterdam (d. 1960)
Aug 19 Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer, born in Karlovac, Croatia (d. 1936)
Aug 21 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956)
Aug 23 William Eccles, English physicist and radio pioneer, born in Barrow-in-Furness, England (d. 1966)
Aug 23 Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist, born in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1946)
Aug 26 John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
Aug 27 Katharine McCormick, American biologist, suffragist and philanthropist, born in Dexter, Michigan (d. 1967)

Aug 4 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), dies at 70